Pāli Dictionary

rakkhita1

rakkhrootitasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

rakkh1protect

Synonyms

sārakkha, gutta, gopita

Antonyms

arakkhita

general

  • protected; guarded; watched over; preserved

  • AN 10.176

    yā tā māturakkhitā piturakkhitā mātāpiturakkhitā bhāturakkhitā bhaginirakkhitā ñātirakkhitā gottarakkhitā dhammarakkhitā sasāmikā saparidaṇḍā antamaso mālāguḷa-parikkhittā'pi

rakkhita2

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • Rakkhita, name of a paccekabuddha (a privately awakened buddha)

  • MN 116

    jeto jayanto padumo uppalo ca, padum'uttaro rakkhito pabbato ca, mānatthaddho sobhito vītarāgo, kaṇho ca buddho suvimuttacitto.

rakkhita3

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • Rakkhita, name of an arahant monk

rakkhitar

rakkhrootitarsuffix

via inflected form rakkhita · nominative singular / vocative singular

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

rakkh1protect

Synonyms

ārakkha, pāla, pālaka, ārakkhaka

general

  • protector; defender; guardian; one who preserves

  • AN 5.140

    pañcahi, bhikkhave, aṅgehi samannāgato rañño nāgo rāj'āraho hoti rājabhoggo, rañño aṅgaṃtv'eva saṅkhaṃ gacchati. katamehi pañcahi? idha, bhikkhave, rañño nāgo sotā ca hoti, hantā ca, rakkhitā ca, khantā ca, gantā ca.

Encyclopedia

6 entries

Rakkhita
Person

  • A monk of noble Sakyan birth, one of five hundred youths given as an escort to the Buddha, who attained Arahantship after hearing the Kuṇāla Jātaka taught.

Thag 1.79
Rakkhita2
Person

  • The elder sent to convert the Vanavāsa country after the Third Buddhist Council, who taught the Anamatagga Saṃyutta while floating in mid-air, winning tens of thousands of converts.

Rakkhita3
Other

  • An alternate name referring to Mahārakkhita as he appears in the Somanassa Jātaka.

Rakkhita4
Person

  • The Bodhisatta born as an ascetic in the Mahāmaṅgala Jātaka.

Rakkhita5
Person

  • A son of Lokitā and Moggallāna and brother of Kitti, who later became King Vijayabāhu I of Sri Lanka.

Rakkhita6
Person

  • An alternate name referring to Buddharakkhita.

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